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Author: Potomac Local News
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Coping with Alzheimer’s disease can be difficult, so that’s why an area senior citizens home wants to help families recognize the signs of the disease.
A special seminar will be held at the Westminster of Lake Ridge where the top 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s will be discussed.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Nancy Marouf’s 18-year–old son, Cameron, a senior at Forest Park High School in Woodbridge, will attend Norfolk State University on a full scholarship to be the football team’s punter. Being from northern Iraq, Marouf said football was an adjustment for their family as their American-born son taught them the rules of the game.
More in a first-hand account from Nancy Marouf on her son’s achievement:
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Prince William County
FROM POLICE REPORTS
By DELEGATE RICH ANDERSON
As I and my fellow legislators conclude the third week of the 2013 legislative session of the Virginia General Assembly, this past week in Richmond saw a second round of snow, but the light dusting wasn’t enough to stop the movement of bills through the House of Delegates.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The overall number of bus passengers on Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission services fell by 2 percent in 2012.
Transit officials at PRTC – which provides OmniRide commuter, OmniLink local, and Metro Direct bus services for Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park – compared ridership numbers with those logged in 2011 and found the decrease.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — Eight families were displaced late Monday night after a pipe burst at an emergency shelter in Dumfries.
Fire and rescue crews, and a Prince William fire marshal were called to the ACTS Emergency Homeless Shelter on U.S. 1 about 10 a.m. Initally, crews were called to investigate a report of a smoke but they arrived to find water all over the facility’s floor and sopping wet carpets.
When walking in to the Stars and Stripes Café one thing is clear – it looks and feels like home. Lined with knickknacks, collectibles and other merchandise sold by local vendors on site, this café is the epitome of what you’d see on your next trip to your grandmother’s home.
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Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg invites the community to dance in the streets in February.
The hospital based in Fredericksburg will hold two “Day of Dance for Your Heart Health” events – one at Spotsylvania Towne Centre and the other at Potomac Mills mall.
FROM POLICE REPORTS
Jan 26 – Mr. Hans P. Ugaz (19yoa) of 3376 Vineland Pl. Dumfries, was pulled over for speeding near the intersection of Possum Point and U.S. 1. He was operating a 1999 Mazda 2dr. Sergeant Vazquez smelled marijuana coming from the car. After a brief discussion it was determined there was a small amount of marijuana in his possession. Mr. Ugaz was arrested for possession of marijuana and released on a summons with a Gen Dist Court date of March 13, 2013.